‘Ishant Bowling Fuller Now, Hence Reaping Rewards’

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    • Publish Date: Jan 3 2020 1:39PM
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    • Updated Date: Jan 3 2020 1:49PM
‘Ishant Bowling Fuller Now, Hence Reaping Rewards’

It’s easy to be overshadowed when you’re partnering the great Glenn McGrath, but Jason Gillespie did enough to be rated as a “magnificent fast bowler” by none other than Geoff Boycott. 

From 1996 to 2006, ‘Dizzy’ took 259 wickets@26.13 in 71 Tests, and 142 wickets@25.42 in 97 ODIs for Australia, and then transformed into a successful coach. Recently, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma acknowledged the Aussie’s crucial contribution to help him evolve as a bowler when he played for Sussex, where Gillespie is the head coach, in 2018. At Sussex, he’s also credited for having honed the skills of England’s latest pace sensation Jofra Archer.

Gillespie spoke to TOI from Adelaide on a variety of topics concerning fast bowling. Excerpts from an exclusive interview …

 

You have had a tremendous impact on Ishant in the time that he spent at Sussex in the 2018 county season. What are the things you worked on?

We spoke about a number of things regarding bowling in general when he was at Sussex. I believe we learnt a lot from each other. Ishant was keen to explore ways where he could create more wicket-taking opportunities. Things we spoke about included wrist position for swinging and seaming the ball and the best lengths to bowl. We also spoke about bowling over and around the wicket to the left-handlers depending on how much the ball is swinging.

 

Ishant lacked wickets in the early part of his career, but has enjoyed huge success in the last few years. What has helped him become so successful in the last two years?

If you look at how Ishant is taking his wickets, he is bowling a fuller length on average. Rather than bowling back of a length, he is bowling about knee roll/top of pad length. Often, when bowlers practise bowling fuller, they can look to put the ball there rather than hit the pitch hard like bowlers do when they bowl back of a length. As a coach sometimes, it is the language you use with players that can help. We spoke about “looking to put a dent in the pitch on that fuller length” as opposed to saying “hit the pitch hard.”

 

Is it helping Ishant that he is playing under an aggressive captain like Virat Kohli?

Playing under Kohli is great for Ishant. He comes across as a leader who backs and trusts his quick bowlers.

 

Do you think that India have the best pace attack in the world? What do you like about Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, and of course, Ishant? Do you think that Bumrah and Shami are the best pace bowlers currently?

India have a fantastic attack. I think there are some wonderful pace attacks in the world at the moment. I particularly enjoy watching Australia and India’s pace attacks. It’s tough to go past (Mitchell) Starc, (Josh) Hazlewood and (Pat) Cummins in my opinion. However, what I can say is that Bumrah and Shami is one of the most exciting bowling combinations in the world.


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